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- 12 Feb 2015
- Video
Carrying the (Olympic) Torch for Women's Sports
- 2019
- Chapter
Origins and Development of Global Business
By: Geoffrey Jones
This chapter explores how business enterprises have been powerful actors in the spread of global capitalism between 1840 and the present day. Emerging out of the industrialized Western economies, global firms created and co-created markets and ecosystems through their... View Details
Keywords: Global Business; Multinational; Globalization; Business History; Strategy; Africa; Asia; Europe; Latin America; Middle East; North and Central America; Oceania
Jones, Geoffrey. "Origins and Development of Global Business." Chap. 2 in The Routledge Companion to the Makers of Global Business, edited by Teresa da Silva Lopes, Christina Lubinski, and Heidi J.S. Tworek, 17–34. New York: Routledge, 2019.
- March 2021
- Case
Sky Deutschland - Bidding for Sports Rights (A)
By: Felix Oberholzer-Gee, Sascha L. Schmidt, Renate Imoberdorf and Sebastian Koppers
Carsten Schmidt, CEO of Sky Deutschland, needs to prepare for the auction of German soccer rights. Much was at stake. Not only was soccer the most widely watched sport in Germany, the company had long advertised that only Sky showed “every game, every goal.” In... View Details
Keywords: Sports; Entertainment; Television Entertainment; Intellectual Property; Auctions; Bids and Bidding; Sports Industry; Sports Industry; Germany
Oberholzer-Gee, Felix, Sascha L. Schmidt, Renate Imoberdorf, and Sebastian Koppers. "Sky Deutschland - Bidding for Sports Rights (A)." Harvard Business School Case 721-440, March 2021.
- January 2019
- Teaching Note
Accenture's Code of Business Ethics
By: Eugene Soltes
Teaching Note for HBS No. 119-049. View Details
- 03 Jul 2015
- News
Nike co-founder Knight steps down from unrivalled sports empire
- 24 Aug 2013
- Panel Discussion
Global Responsibilities of Business
By: Lynn S. Paine, Wang Shi and Steve Luckzo
- August 2015
- Case
Whistle Sports: An Online Sports Network for Millennials
By: Robert F. Higgins and Christine Snively
By January 2015, Whistle Sports, a multi-platform sports network for millennials, had attracted over 54 million online subscribers on YouTube, Instagram, Twitter, Facebook, Google+, and Vine. It established partnerships with several professional sports leagues and... View Details
Keywords: Technology; Internet; Websites; Technology Networks; Sports; Entrepreneurship; Information Infrastructure; Business Startups
Higgins, Robert F., and Christine Snively. "Whistle Sports: An Online Sports Network for Millennials." Harvard Business School Case 816-006, August 2015.
- February 2016
- Teaching Plan
Horst Dassler, Adidas, and the Commercialization of Sport
By: Geoffrey Jones and Michael Norris
- October 28, 2013
- Other Article
How the Competition for Superstar Endorsers is Changing the Sports Business
By: Anita Elberse
Elberse, Anita. "How the Competition for Superstar Endorsers is Changing the Sports Business." SportsBusiness Journal (October 28, 2013), 14.
- June 2019
- Teaching Note
The Drone Racing League: Building the Sport of the Future
By: Robert F. Higgins and James Barnett
Drone Racing League (DRL) sees itself as the world’s preeminent professional drone racing league. The company is in its third season of racing and is focused on future seasons and the negotiation of a new media agreement. How should the company proceed? Teaching Note... View Details
- 27 Sep 2011
- Other Presentation
Creating Shared Value in Sports
This presentation draws on ideas from Professor Porter's books and articles, in particular, Competitive Strategy (The Free Press, 1980); Competitive Advantage (The Free Press, 1985); "What is Strategy?" (Harvard Business Review, Nov/Dec 1996); and On Competition... View Details
Porter, Michael E. "Creating Shared Value in Sports." Beyond Sport United, New York City, NY, September 27, 2011.
- September 2005 (Revised April 2007)
- Case
Spyder Active Sports - 2004
By: Belen Villalonga, Dwight B. Crane and James Quinn
David Jacobs founded a high-end ski apparel company in 1978. He successfully built and grew the company, establishing a major international brand that appealed to ski racers and other active skiers. In 1995, he sought external financing to support further growth of the... View Details
Keywords: Private Ownership; Private Equity; Financial Liquidity; Business Exit or Shutdown; Valuation; Brands and Branding; Wealth; Family Business; Financing and Loans; Globalization; Sports Industry; Sports Industry; Colorado
Villalonga, Belen, Dwight B. Crane, and James Quinn. "Spyder Active Sports - 2004." Harvard Business School Case 206-027, September 2005. (Revised April 2007.)
- March 2021
- Supplement
Sky Deutschland - Bidding for Sports Rights (B)
By: Felix Oberholzer-Gee, Sascha L. Schmidt and Sebastian Koppers
Carsten Schmidt, CEO of Sky Deutschland, needs to prepare for the auction of German soccer rights. Much was at stake. Not only was soccer the most widely watched sport in Germany, the company had long advertised that only Sky showed “every game, every goal.” In... View Details
Keywords: Sports; Entertainment; Television Entertainment; Intellectual Property; Auctions; Bids and Bidding; Sports Industry; Sports Industry; Germany
Oberholzer-Gee, Felix, Sascha L. Schmidt, and Sebastian Koppers. "Sky Deutschland - Bidding for Sports Rights (B)." Harvard Business School Supplement 721-441, March 2021.
- Web
Bringing Together Entertainment, Media, and Sports
Picture Yourself In the Program The Business of Entertainment, Media, and Sports program at Harvard Business School Executive Education, brings... View Details
- April 2013
- Article
Business Model Innovation and Competitive Imitation: The Case of Sponsor-Based Business Models
By: Ramon Casadesus-Masanell and Feng Zhu
This paper provides the first formal model of business model innovation. Our analysis focuses on sponsor-based business model innovations where a firm monetizes its product through sponsors rather than setting prices to its customer base. We analyze strategic... View Details
Keywords: Business Model Innovation; Imitation; Sponsor-based Business Model; Strategic Revelation; Strategic Concealment; Business Model; Innovation and Invention; Price; Competitive Strategy; Adoption; Value; Duopoly and Oligopoly; Product; Customers; Market Entry and Exit; Monopoly
Casadesus-Masanell, Ramon, and Feng Zhu. "Business Model Innovation and Competitive Imitation: The Case of Sponsor-Based Business Models." Strategic Management Journal 34, no. 4 (April 2013): 464–482.
- 06 Jul 2015
- News
Brain on Sports Podcast: Psychology of rooting for a losing team
- 04 Sep 2019
- News
Giving Live Sports Another Dimension
Smart Venues “There’s long been this tension between the experience of live sports in a venue versus the comfort of watching on TV at home. And broadcasts have improved... View Details
- 18 Apr 2022
- HBS Case
Dick’s Sporting Goods Followed Its Conscience on Guns—and It Paid Off
Days after the mass school shooting in Parkland, Florida, in 2018, a shaken Ed Stack, then the CEO and largest shareholder of Dick’s Sporting Goods, decided it was time for his 850-store chain to pull certain guns off its store shelves. The accused 19-year-old shooter... View Details
Keywords: by Jay Fitzgerald
- 01 Jun 2020
- News
How Sports Should Use Its Timeout
Subscribe on iTunes Subscribe on Spotify More Skydeck episodes Hi, this is Dan Morrell, host of Skydeck. Angela Ruggiero (MBA 2014) is cofounder and CEO of the market research firm the View Details